Basketball Every Where

The Big East resumed basketball after exams earlier this week and it seems every game that North Carolina Wesleyan  plays is against a team undefeated or with one loss.

Tonight the Battling Bishops put their 2-0 record in USAS conference play and Maryville is in town from Tennessee boasting an 11-3 and 2-1 league play.  The Bishops 9-5 over all started the night with senior starter Jesse Simpson in street clothes and the first five minutes the Scots ran out to a 13 point lead.  The next ten minutes the Bishops out scored the Scots by 20 to take a 7 point lead. The push by the Battling Bishops consisted of an aggressive full court  defense.  By the half the Scots had pushed back in front by 2 at 39-37.

The second half started just like the first as the Scots were pushing the lead to ten when a mystery technical foul was called on the Bishops after a drive to the basket.  A second foul was called on coach John Thompson for taking his coat off and in a matter of seconds the Scots lead ballooned to 19.

The Bishops pecked at the lead but by games end the final score stood at 86-80 as the Bishops could get no closer than 83-80. D J Weaver led the Bishops with 18, followed by Brandon Brown with 16. Off the bench John Edwards added 16 points.  The Bishops forced 20 turnovers but could not catch up.  Maryville had four double digit scorers in Jay Bowyer 17, Joshua Brooks 16, Tyler Spicer 15 and  Spencer Shoffner 11.

The girls action saw some tall trees in the Maryville basketball team and the Lady Bishops struggle with the outside game because there was not much on the inside as the Ladies lose to to the Scots 78-54.  The Battling Bishops are on the court starting at 2pm Saturday hosting  Covenant College.  The boys play at 4pm.

The Hunt Warriors have started of 2-0 in conference play knocking off Rocky Mount 68-56.  Rocky Mount drops to 0-2 in conference play and now have lost their first 12 on the season.  The Lady Gryphons  got to 1-1  after whipping Hunt 65-38.  Hunt drops to 0-2.

Nash Central sweeps Fike.  The girls game saw the Lady Bulldogs winning 51-46.  The Bulldogs go to 2-0 while Fike drops to 1-1. The boys of Nash Central push their record  to 2-0 whipping the Fike boys 66-59.  Fike drops to 0-2

Northern Nash girls  man handled the Lady Birds 58-10.  Not much of a surprise in that score.  The Lady Knights go to 2-0  while the Lady Birds are 0 for the last two seasons.  The Knights of  Northern Nash rebounded after their lost  to Hunt  with a 72-62 win over Southern Nash.  Both teams are 1-1.

Hunt and Nash Central have said no to the league in every team being 1-1 in the league like everyone did last year.  They are tied at 2-0 Northern Nash and Southern Nash are in the middle at 1-1 and Rocky Mount and Fike bring up the rear at 0-2.

The girls side of the ledger has the Lady Knights at 2-0 along with Nash  Central.  Fike and Rocky Mount  are in the middle at 1-1 while Southen Nash and Hunt trail the field.